Comments on: Apple Readying New, iPhone-Friendlier Airport Extremes and Time Capsules?

By: Terry

Terry — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 05:10:01 +0000

icebike is right, the Linksys and D-Link simultaneous band routers have had lots of complaints. Especially the Linksys. I would buy an Apple version in a minute.

By: icebike

icebike — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 01:33:10 +0000

@Crash Regarding the dual band routers form others, I can only hope Apple does it better.

The problem with the two versions I have tested is connect time for things like the iPhone (which hops on and off the network frequently) is actually worse when running against a dual band wifi than using a single band. Sometimes connection will fail 10 times in a row and the work, sometimes a router reset is needed.

I think the iPhone tries to connect to an 11N wifi, fails and the routers or the iphone blindly try again until they happen to connect at 11G.

Its so much worse, that I've locked my router down to 11G rather than fight it every time I light up my iphone.

By: Crash

Crash — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 01:08:21 +0000

This is more Apple playing catchup. Linksys (and others) have simultaneous dual band routers for a while. The WRT610 does more and costs less than the existing AEBS. Hopefully Apple just replaces the existing AEBS with the new dual band one. Maybe they’ll even call it the Airport Even More Extreme

By: Rob Jones

Rob Jones — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 01:02:55 +0000

I will probably buy one when they come out. It wouldn’t surprise me if the 1TB model is lowered to $400, the 500GB is lowered to $250 and the Airport Extreme dropped to $150.

By: Rob Jones

Rob Jones — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 01:00:20 +0000

Correction: I just made my Airport Express 802.11g only. I don’t have any 802.11b devices.

By: Rob Jones

Rob Jones — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 00:41:27 +0000

I recently finished setting up a dual band WiFi in my house to accomplish this same thing.

I have a Time Capsule running 802.11n 5Ghz and an Airport Express running 802.11 b/g.

This way my MacBooks get the best throughput to my server.

By: Nelton

Nelton — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 00:13:10 +0000

Hopefully they will do an firmware update… just got a TimeCapsule and a 24″ iMac.. dont planning on spending more money…

By: KORG

KORG — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 22:18:59 +0000

This timecapsule new changes should be a firmware upgrade not hardware...

Seriously were in a recession on a downward path toward to a full blown depression!

What reality is Apple living in. They should focus in software and let hardware rest for awhile.

By: KORG

KORG — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 22:07:01 +0000

So one product gets an upgade resulting in all products to become obsolete. My timecapsule is working perfect, no need to upgrade. Several computers/printer, PS3 and two iPhones hooked up to the my wireless network. All running perfect.

The new iPhone should N draft